![]() ![]() I have a separate color marker for each of the stages: ![]() But that’s a topic for another article.)Īpart from the fact that I need a quick way to stringout the dailies, I also have a way of keeping all that info in one place using markers. (Note: You could use this method in FCP X too, but its range-tagging and browser clip management system accomplish many of the functions stringouts provide in other NLEs. Stringout (with cut on a separate tab or panel: I prefer the latter because I use a keyboard shortcut to switch between timelines and I don’t like the lack of screen real estate you get with pancake timelines (I also don’t like the name pancake timelines!) In Premiere you can use pancake timelines, use a timeline as a source, or simply have two timelines open and jump between the two. In Avid, you can cut from one timeline to another (you can also view your source timeline). I add markers to this stringout sequence and I cut from this stringout sequence only, rather than from the clips themselves. My preferred workflow involves stringouts for each scene, where I lay the dailies for that scene end-to-end. When the cappuccinos have arrived, the wifi passwords handed out, the lunch orders placed, and I finally have the attention of all the people in the room, I need to keep that attention. Whether on my own or with clients, when I’m in the creative zone and on a roll, the last thing I want is to have my thought process interrupted because I can’t remember what alternate takes we have, or because I need to go searching through bins. Basically, “sharpening my axe.”Ī lot of my work is spent on TV drama, films, or commercials, where I have a director or clients in the room, but I need to do a fair amount of creative cutting on my own before I present the cut and do work with clients. My approach to editing is simple: I spend a lot of time preparing my project, getting to know the dailies, and making sure that everything is as I need it, so I can concentrate on the cut. And this translates well into my line of work. “If I had six hours to cut down large a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.”
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